Instead of the obvious, I, going to write about how sometimes what is known to be evil, can be good, and how the truth gets a little grey.
The story starts off with a man about to be hung, and you immediately feel bad for him, especially since he apparently good guy, described as having "a kindly expression... Evidently this was no vulgar assassin."(3) Also, the planter thinks about his family before he is about to die, which made me think of my father. Yet this man is later revealed to be a slave owner, who wants to keep slavery/succeed. All these facts make him evil, deserving the death. right? Except you can't help but think about how all he wants is to be with his family. Even though he is a slave owner, as I read I couldn't help but hope he made it out alive. I actually found myself rooting against the soldiers, who were the good guys. So even though the real twist was that the escape was fake, I ask a question about truth and lies in this piece of literature. Even when something is accepted as evil, can this known truth become blurred when the person is good?
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